Reinforcing liner and package for cigarettes and other articles



July'l6, 1946. R. s REYNOLDS REINFORCING LINER AND PACKAGE FOR CIGARETTES AND OTHER ARTICLES I Filed July 28, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v k/zm A Arrow July 16, 1946. r R. s. REYNOLDS 2,404,312 I HEINEORCING' LINER AND PACKAGE FOR QIGARETTES AND OTHER ARTICLES F iled July 2a, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J I I 5 J HITOR/VE'X Patented July 16, 19 46 wea REINFORCING LINER AND PACKAGE FOR I CIGARETTES AND OTHER ARTICLESv i Richard S. Reynolds, Richmond, Va; assignor to Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, Va., a corporation of Delaware v Application July 28, 1943, Serial No. 496,448 3 Claims. (01. 206 412) The object of the present invention is to pro-" vide a package for cigarettes and articles generally, including as a primary element an inner reinforcing shell of flexible material as, for example, light cardboard, and serving to afford better protection for the contentsyalso enabling better support for the wrapper such as the usual foil or foil and paper wrapping, and, as a further important feature, providing closure tabs with tuck-in lips at the top of the package so that,

when a section of the wrapper is torn away at either end the tab may be lifted, the contents or part thereof removed, and the closure restored with the tuck-in lip moved inwardly of the shell.

The above and other features of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of awrapped en closure flaps raised.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the container shell formed up ready for wrapping.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view in sectional elevation and partly broken away, showing the right-hand closure flap in position after cigarettes have been withdrawn from the package,

. down upon the top of the panels 2.

the left-hand closure flap being in initial posiintermediate panel 3 and panel I forms the bottom wall, and the'member 6 connecting panel-3 with panel I forms the top wall.

I preferably form wings 3:12 on the panels 3 so that when panels 3 are folded over uponpanels 2 these wings may be folded over upon the 'side walls 4 to reinforce the same.

, I also preferably form at the ends of bottom wall 5 tabs 5a: which may befolded upwardly to reinforce and better close the bottom construction.

g In the drawings I have shown top wall 6 carrying two tuck-in .closure tabs 63: and inwardly of each tuck-in closure tab panel 6 is cut or. perforated at its longitudinal edges so that the area bounded by these cuts, or bounded by the perforated area when torn, may be lifted to expose the interior of the shell. While I have shown this arrangement at both ends of the top panel 6, in some cases the arrangement at one end only will suffice.

When the shell is assembled it will be filled with cigarettes or other articles in any suitable manner. For example, the connecting member 4 may be brought to right-angular position with respect to panel I, panels 2. folded down parallel with panel I, one set of the members 32: may be folded on thefold lines and the contiguous panel 3 and the connecting bottom wall 5 brought into position and the appropriate member 3 glued This will form a shell, open at one side, through which the cigarettes or other materials may be inserted, whereupon the second set of members 3x may be folded at right-angles to the other panel 3 and the contiguous top wall 6 brought into position,

followed by folding down of the panel 3 carried thereby and its adherence to the panels 2. The tuck-in closure tabs preferably will the members 4.

The shell is now ready for wrapping and may be wrapped with the usual foil, paper, or foil and paper wrapping, as indicated in the drawings, and this wrapping may bear a printedlabel or a separate label may be applied, this label indicat- .ing the top ofthe package.

The connecting members 4 intermediate the f spaced panels 2 and panel I form the inner side walls of the structure; the connecting member 5 When a section 'of the wrappingat a top end is torn away, it will expose one of the closure members which may beraised to expose the interior of the shell as, for example, for removal of one or more cigarettes, after which the closure member is moved down so that the tuck-in NT 10mm lie over upon It will be noted that at the ends of lines of 7 corners of the shell and the cgnstruction enables the package.- to beslightly l'OllZld'Efi-allllih corners by the wrapping arid sealing operations; V

The shell afiords adequate protection for the.

face; top and bottom walls connecting the unbroken major face with the second set; side wings carried by the said second set and overlying the side walls at the central area of said side 5 walls only; and retractible closure means consisting of two sections oft he top Wall projecting linlopposite 'dire'ctionsffrom a central :area of said *topwall and hinged thereto.

v 2. A reinforcing shell and. package for cigaenclosed cigarettes or other articles or materialg ry-rettes and other articles, constructed in accordthe arrangement of the twofi'setsfofipanels land.

, .3 in transversely extending relation.;will Jp'rovide' an excellent sealing andadequate support. at an area where the'panels are sblitithe,fshellproa..

vides a suitable resistance to" the applicationbf gw sealing plates; particularly when the sealing of the wrapper is effected by a heat seali-ng m'diuin l 1 carried on the innerface of the wrappinglniateria 3 al; and the package has a, neater appearance than conventional. packages; .The..closure means with 20 the other and the sets lying in contact; side walls the tuck-in 'closure.tabsfis 'pro'videdwithout any 1 Waste of material, andthegpackagei'as. a whole is 4 simple, inexpensive and Teffective. v r 1 Having described myinvention,'"what I ciairn... i {and desire; to secure. by Letters Patent 'isasf follows: I r

" .1.. A reinforcing" shell and;package fonci'gar'ettes and other articles T comprising a. unitary 'ish'eet of flexible" material; cut,"."scored" and folded .vance -with claim 1. in which the bottom wall at itsendi iseprovided with foldable tabs adapted to I lie in contact with sidewall of the shell.

3;"A1reinfoici ng' shell and package for cigaiirettesjandptlrefarticles, comprising: a unitary sheet of'fleiiible material cut, scored and folded .i.to.'form-.:an;unbrbken major face; a second major .faceconstruction consisting of two sets of broken walls, one set extending transversely of 5 only constituting a centrally disposed reinforcement of -"the side walls; side wings carried bysaid top and bottom walls constituting reinforcements "of the side walls in abutting relationship to the {said centralreinforcemenu at least-one of -said 'to" form anunbroken' majonface; a second 'ma-' 3o top wall "wings constituting; retractible closure jor--.face constructed consisting of two sets of broken. walls; one: 'set' extending transversely of ""theoth'er and thesets lying in contact; side walls connecting". the first set 130' the unbroken major 1 means projecting from the central area of the top wall and "hinged thereto.

ICHARD s: REYNOLDS. 

